Yeon Hee Kim aka “Mel Minich” earned bachelor’s degrees in International Trade and Chinese Language and Literature. She spent  years in Sydney, Australia before returning to South Korea where she taught English, Chinese, and Japanese for ten years as well as meditation. She moved with her family to Northeast Ohio for better educational opportunities for her children. She has been teaching eight different languages and assisting in Montessori schools for seven years, including the past three years at Cleveland Montessori. She likes tea, yoga, meditation, walking, reading, history, philosophy, cats, dogs, and children’s smiles.